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Refine Your Career Skills
Making a successful career move, either of your volition or enforced, calls for skills
that you do not ordinarily use in your day to day working life.
Although more
frequently than ever before, most people are involved in job searches and interviews only
once every couple of years. The methods of finding the ideal job are now more
difficult than
ever before.
You should be prepared to spend as much effort on this
process as you would in a full time position. If your career is important to you,
you will need to do your homework.
Below are articles recently published by e-Quality Recruitment with some friendly advice.
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It's Up to You |
A
ship at sea has no ability to steer in any chosen direction unless it has the power to
propel itself forward. Your career is
that ship, and unless you are actively
pushing ahead in your chosen profession, you risk losing all direction and being subject
to a variable recruitment climate.
Most people work hard to achieve success in their jobs, but few think
ahead tactically to where today’s achievements will take them.
More people are now aware that in order to get
ahead, and stay ahead, they must always be alert to career opportunities - and ready to
seize them.
Most of today’s Managing
Directors and successful professionals were in relatively ordinary jobs in their mid
twenties. They got where they are today
through hard work, achieving goals and seizing opportunities. At e-Quality Recruitment our job is to
present you with these opportunities. You do
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| More Than just a Number |
What happens when you register with a recruitment
consultancy?
The most common experience is of either an immediate flurry of activity regarding current vacancies or, unfortunately, no
response at all. Recruitment firms, particularly the larger ones, can often rely completely upon the computer database into which your details are
processed. These fallible systems can be very efficient at finding possible candidates for a vacancy, but only a professional
recruitment consultant, experienced in their market sector, can identify the best
available individual.
If you are the best then that means you. It is essential that you establish a relationship
with your recruitment consultant. we positively encourage this. If we can’t help, we will tell you openly.
Ensure that you are not just a number. Do not settle for being a poorly filed entry on a
database; call your Recruitment Consultant today.
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| Call Us |
Many
candidates we place in permanent posts are people we find we are given the assignment by our client. i.e. not yet registered with us. That is to say our database is not the only source
we utilise in finding the best available person for each vacancy. We will advertise in newspapers, trade magazines,
recruitment web sites and on our own web site. These, however, are only “passive” measures. At Source
Selection, we find the most effective and efficient way of finding the best people is by
“Networking”, following a lead from one contact to the next. The theory of Six Degrees of Separation holds that
everyone can be connected to everyone else through a path of no more than six people.
You may well be the best available candidate, and therefore the last in the chain. Or you may well be contacted by our consultants
on their way to the best candidate. Either
way, the best way of ensuring that you are included in this process is by
“networking" yourself and contacting us direct.
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| It's Not What You Know |
This is not entirely true when securing your next career
move, but it can play a significant part in getting the interview which leads to it.
The pre-selection involved in choosing candidates
for interviews can be something of a lottery when based solely upon a two page CV. A professional recommendation can go a long way to
ensuring that you get to meet your potential new employers in person.
A professional recruitment firm will not only
ensure the best candidates get their chance to shine, but are also thoroughly prepared and
receive valuable feedback throughout the interview process.
e-Quality Recruitment can optimise your chances
of ‘getting through the door’ and reduce the ‘wait and see’ lottery of
applying direct.
We can act on your behalf
for any vacancy and give you an ally where it really counts.
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Successful Interviews |
Many
candidates think of the interview as merely an evaluation of their technical abilities. In
reality it is much more.
An interview is not
a semi-passive conversation during which you answer questions and then wait to see if you
receive a job offer. It is a sales process that requires preparation. Remember that you are selling yourself, and this is
the time to close.
If it is the first interview, then ask to attend the
second interview. Companies like to see interest on the part of candidates. If all other
factors are equal, they usually prefer the candidate who shows the most interest by asking
good questions and by asking for the position.
Declare your interest based
on your new understanding of the position and its duties, tell the interviewer what you
feel you can contribute. Tell the interviewer that you are interested and why.
Then
ask to go on to the next step.
An interview
is not the time to be shy. When speaking of your experience, talk in terms of personal
accomplishments and character strengths. Be specific and mention achievements that relate
to the new position. You have to build your case. Make it a compelling one.
If you have any questions about
interview strategies, please speak with your e-Quality Recruitment recruitment
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| Recruitment is what we do |
An experienced Recruitment Consultant and a professional firm know the market
of qualified candidates and positions available in their disciplines.
Since our
Consultants talk with 10 to 20 candidates a day, they simply have a better assessment of
the quality and experience of candidates on the market. We have an immediate, on-going
relationship with available candidates. Not only do we assess candidates’ skills, but we also know how they
compare with each other. We know which types are available at what salary ranges at all
times.
Since most firms don’t recruit that often, they need advice on the types of
candidates available for certain salary ranges. Our job is to show clients what is
available in the market, based on all the specifications they give us.
Knowledge of the market also allows us to assess
how the position available at one company compares with others available. It is part of
our service to assess the position available in comparison not only to the market of
qualified candidates, but also to the positions of other clients who are competing for the
same type of candidate. If the position, experience required, salary range, etc. are
inconsistent with what the market will yield, we have an obligation not only to inform our
clients of that, but to help them come to a conclusion as to what criteria would be more
appropriate.
The selection process without the use of a
professional recruiter, averages twelve weeks. Our average search takes four weeks to
conclusion. We save TIME and MONEY. Because of our reputation and success, we are
constantly interviewing and screening quality candidates. e-Quality Recruitment
can identify them faster than client companies can for themselves.
It is, after all,
what we do.
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| Counter Offer - Beware |
You have just
accepted a great new job with a new employer. However, upon resigning, your current boss asks you to stay and
has made you a counteroffer.
Surveys show
that eight out of ten employees who accept counteroffers don't complete the following year
with their employer.
Why shun
counteroffers?
Because the factors that caused you to seek or entertain a better offer are
likely to remain in force. Besides which, your current employer will probably lose trust
in your loyalty. Accepting a counteroffer may permanently damage your reputation with your
would-be-employer. Your prospective new colleagues may conclude that you were merely using
them to gain leverage; you weren't in earnest as a candidate.
Never underestimate the
value of your perceived integrity in this situation.
The best
response to a counteroffer is to listen politely, perhaps even sleep on it, but decline.
If your current firm denied you advancement before you secured an outside offer, it will
probably thwart you next time you feel ready to advance. What's more, your firm may start
looking to replace you the day you accept the counteroffer. Your plans for leaving will
not be forgotten!
e-Quality Recruitment
can advise on the best ways of dealing with these situations to everyone’s advantage.
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Resignation Tips |
Sooner or later, most of us face the
resignation task. Resigning is never easy, especially when you've worked at a position
for several years, and have become part of a team. Some employers and colleagues take it
personally and accuse you of abandoning ship. However, handling your resignation as
professionally and thoughtfully as you handle your search for a new job can help make your
resignation relatively smooth and amicable. KEEP
IT POSITIVE
Leave your
employer on a positive note. Your moving on does not have to be a time for long faces.
If you have given your best to the job, you will
be missed. Let them know that you intend to
assist them in whatever ways you can. By showing your boss and firm due respect, you
encourage the future support you may someday need.
When
you resign, keep your conversations simple and concise. The more you say, the more
questions you may have to answer. Avoid lengthy discussion with your old employer about
your new opportunity. You may face a hostile
response, so always prepare a short letter of resignation, which reinforces the fact that
you are really leaving.
Never use the
occasion to settle scores or state grievances.
We, at e-Quality Recruitment
, have the expertise to help you through this most difficult of situations.
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